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| In [[atmospheric dynamics]] and physical [[oceanography]], the '''Rossby radius of deformation''' is the length scale at which rotational effects become as important as [[buoyancy]] or [[gravity wave]] effects in the evolution of the [[Fluid dynamics|flow]] about some disturbance.<ref>Gill, A. E., 1982: Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, Academic Press, Orlando, 662 pp.</ref>
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| For a [[barotropic]] [[ocean]]:
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| : <math>L_R \equiv \frac{(gD)^{1/2}}{f_0}</math>, where <math>\,g</math> is the [[gravitational acceleration]], <math>\,D</math> is the water depth, and <math>\,f_{o}</math> is the [[Coriolis parameter]] at the reference [[latitude]].
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| For ''f'' = 1×10<sup>−4</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> appropriate to 45° latitude, and ''D'' = 4 km, ''L<sub>R</sub>'' ≈ 2000 km; and for ''D'' = 40 m, ''L<sub>R</sub>'' ≈ 200 km.
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| The ''n''th [[baroclinic]] Rossby radius is:
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| : <math>L_{R, n} \equiv \frac{NH}{f_0}</math>, where <math>\,N</math> is the [[Brunt–Väisälä frequency]], <math>\,H</math> is the [[scale height]], and ''n'' = 1, 2, ....
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| The ratio ''N''/''f''<sub>0</sub> is typically of order 100, so the Rossby radius is about 100 times the vertical scale height, ''H''. For a vertical scale associated with the height of the [[tropopause]], ''L''<sub>''R'', 1</sub> ≈ 1000 km, which is the predominant scale seen on weather charts for [[cyclones]] and [[anticyclones]]. This is commonly called the [[synoptic scale meteorology|synoptic scale]].
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| The associated dimensionless parameter is the [[Rossby number]]. Both are named in honor of [[Carl-Gustav Rossby]].
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| ==References==
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossby Radius Of Deformation}}
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| [[Category:Atmospheric dynamics]]
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